Sure some of you guys remember me trying to quite smoking over the past few years (been a 20 year smoker)…well I can finally say that this weekend…I am 9 months smoke free!!
I don’t usually pat myself on the back lol…but this, I’m pretty proud of. I think this has honestly been the best decision I have ever made in my life!
Steve
Ten years smoke free after thirty-five smoking for me! Congrtulations! You deserve the pat on the back.
Good for you,I know what you are going through,it was the hardest thing I ever did
Wow:o That is absolutely awesome! Congrats to you! I hope I can say the same some day:cool:
Steve
Good for you! It’s been 5 years for me (after smoking for nearly 40 years). Don’t let your guard down, but you’ve got it beat this time!!!
Congrats. You deserve a pat on the back!
It will be two weeks for me this coming Tuesday. I feel better all ready, although a little jiggy!!
Way to go Steve. Congratulations to all us quitters. It’ll be 14 years for me and my wife in March. I was up to 3 1/2 packs a day after 35 years. Funny how we remember when we quit, but not when we started. ( March 15th, 1998 )
It will be 7 years for me the 23rd of this month.
Keep it up Bobby, and be sure to say thank you to all of those around you in another month. :lol:
Congratulations to all of you guys who quit smoking and to your wives for putting up with you while you quit. I have a lady friend in Southern California who installed new granite countertops and takes some pretty nice vacations on the money she used to spend on smoking. She has a kitty she puts $ it in one the same frequency she used to buy cigarettes.
Congratulations Steve.I believe quitting smoking is the greatest experience you can accomplish for yourself.We usually get the token pat on the back but it is soon forgotten.I had a friend who was a heroin addict for 17 years and quit but could never stop the smoking habit.The rest of your life you can praise yourself for getting the monkey off your back.Ray
Steve,
Congratulations. And now it’s all downhill. BUT, don’t EVER take even a SINGLE PUFF under the assumption that “it won’t hurt”. IT WILL!. I quit Feb 6, 1979 at 2:30 at age 36 after smoking for about 20 ± years. I recall during my High School years at an Irish Catholic college preperatory school ( Jesuit) as Juniors and Seniors we had a “smoking lounge” IN SCHOOL and Seniors were allowed to smoke during finals IN THE CLASSROOM.
Mark
Right On! I will be smoke free for three years March 22 nd. Tough part for me was I am a musician and I play in bars when smoking was allowed. It became a habit to have a smoke between songs. In fact, I was possitive it was the reason for my unique voice.
My sisters husband was diagnosed with lung cancer and the price of cigarettes were to double, so, I popped a Chantix pill in the morning and one in the evening. Smokes 5 cigarettes that day, next day same thing only I smoked three, third day I said, I am done…with both!
The urge is still there at times but quick to pass.
I am clapping for you, keep up the battle.
I know a couple who does this. At todays rates, that’s about $15 a day in the kitty. Pays for some nice vacations.
Congratulations Steve.
Congratulations, hardest drug(s) to give up.
Eric
Or as I once read, “Smoking, the easiest thing to quit…I have done it several times”. LOL A little smokeless humor.
Well done! Six years for me this past December. You’re past the hard part, and should be well into enjoying the benefits. Congratulations.
Well Done! You are over the hump now and in the clear! As was mentioned before never take another puff but never look back either. You will get the odd craving from time to time for a while but the power is all yours now so just say no as you walk away. You risk if heart attack from smoking took an immediate drastic reduction. Your lungs will take a few years to finish their recovery but you should already be feeling that you don’t get winded as fast as before.
Well last September marked five years for me and Amy. I am not anti-smoking but I cannot stand to be around smoking now so I just walk away. Something I am sure all of us experience but perhaps don’t think about it is how much better we can smell the aromas of the great outdoors that we love so much. I like to tinker with flowers and I noticed how much better the flowers smell without the order of cigarettes on my clothes or in my nose.
See that? Yet another excuse to stop and smell the roses along the way.
I had quit for several years and fell for the self-deception that I could smoke one…five years later I quit again. That was 17 years ago this spring. Never again!
Congratulation on quitting and staying free. Those who’ve been there appreciate the difficulty of the accomplishment.
The only downside was that I slowly realized that my trusty old car harbored some less than pleasant odors that I had been able to ignore for years. I sold the car. 
Steve,
Congratulations! Keep up the good fight and, as always, Best Regards…
Well done Steve,
Keep it up!
TT.